John Frederic Greenwood (1885-1954), watercolour artist, wood engraver and printmaker, was born in Rochdale, but studied between 1904-8 at Shipley School of Art and Bradford School of Art, then at the Royal College of Art (RCA), 1908-11. He lived for most of his life at Ilkley and died there. He is best remembered for his distinctive wood engravings. This is a book about the Yorkshire Dales, illustrated with wood engravings by the author. It attempts to tell of one man's experience of them to show, with pen and graver, something of this most delectable corner of England as their author sees it reflected in the mirror of his own mind. Hardback. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Jacket has tears, is covered with mylar and has sellotape inside. Text block is foxed throughout. One pencil note on page 13.